Lim Guan Eng’s RM8 Billion Mega Project

The Corrupt Saga of Lim Guan Eng’s RM8 Billion Mega Project in the secret PowerPoint files – Exposing the Mega Cronies behind the scenes

In order to know the real story behind this mega corruption and abuse in Penang, we need to go back to the night of December 17, 2013 – just a day after the DAP National Congress held in Penang where the DAP CEC Members were elected.

No need to talk about the DAP CEC Election fiasco and their inability to use EXCEL to do proper calculations. The elections went well and the results were largely within the leaders’ expectations and so there was an obvious cause for celebration.

But in Guan Eng’s mind, there was an even bigger reason to celebrate – because he has finally completed all the discussions on the allocation of spoils for Penang’s largest infrastructure project. The discussion was held a day earlier on December 16 – a day immediately after the CEC Elections held on December 15, 2012.

The discussions with the partners were intense and filled Guan Eng with adrenalin – pumping with excitement to see such huge numbers that his small 8-digit pocket calculator could not even accommodate the massive calculations which easily stretched into 10 digits. Guan Eng mumbled a note to self: “remember to ask secretary for a new 12-digit calculator”.

There is an indescribable joy when one punches the forbidden numbers into the calculator and viola, one sees the apportioned amounts and siphoned profits camouflaged as blatant overcharging. Guan Eng was thrilled to bits – for the first time, he is really gonna be a billionaire…a dream come true for a failed accountant…but a successful Chief Minister and politician.

The final allocation in terms of kickbacks and gifts expressed in percentages were nailed down reflected in a single Powerpoint slide. The thought of it pleased Guan Eng so much that he could not resist firing up his notebook computer to take a look on the Powerpoint slide again.

“This is the time for harvest…” as Guan Eng’s thoughts lingered away…see what power can do – and this is Real Power.

“I’m not going to be a CM without power like that bo-hoot (no balls – seedless) durian Koh Tsu Koon. Me will be a CM with Real Power…”

The screen on the notebook computer showed this PowerPoint slide:

 

We already know from media reports the following:

    CZB – or also known as Consortium Zenith BUCG Sdn Bhd
    BUCG – Beijing Urban Construction Group
    ST – Sri Tinggi Sdn Bhd
    JU – Juteras Sdn Bhd
    ZC-CRC – Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd in a joint venture with China Railway Construction Ltd (CRCL)

But we don’t know who the following people or entities are:

    Annie & Party
    Davy
    Leslie & Co
    Pinny
    Jimmy & Party
    Terry
    TBD

These names are likely to be code-names representing certain personalities…who are these people…Read the DAP Insider for the next article as we break the puzzle and reveal the identities of each of these code-names…

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Who is Annie & Party?

The PowerPoint slide shows “JU-10%-Annie & Party”. We all know that JU represents Juteras Sdn Bhd but all that the an official company search will reveal is that there are 2 individuals who act as proxies and nominees. These are the first directors and company secretaries and the names of such people are pretty inconsequential as they are “borrowed” names of professionals and they will not know what is going on.

More often than not, these people are kept on a certain payroll of accountants and company secretaries who will use them to incorporate new companies on an urgent basis for clients and who will then transfer the shares to the real owners in due course. Professional fees are paid to such nominees for their services – which can even extend to opening of bank accounts and becoming nominee signatories for the bank accounts as well until such time that the real owners decide to surface or get another set of their nominees to replace the first set of original nominees.

If the name is simply “Annie”, it would have been more difficult to unravel but since it is stated as “Annie & Party” and the “P” is capitalised in Party, it can only mean that Annie refers to “Anwar Ibrahim & Party”.

This means that Juteras Sdn Bhd is a company that has 10% stake in the mega project and it belongs to Anwar Ibrahim and his party, PKR.  That is the kickback by Guan Eng to Anwar to keep Anwar in line and also to act as insurance for Guan Eng in the unlikely event that PR takes over power in Putrajaya and Anwar really becomes Prime Minister.

So for Guan Eng,  it is always a smart idea to have his political partners to have a small share in his spoils of war and corruption activities so that he will taint him as well. In that way, by having a file on Anwar Ibrahim on the take will act as a useful deterrent file against Anwar if he tries to be funny and edge out Guan Eng. Guan Eng knows his leverage.

So the 10% will belong to Anwar Ibrahim and it is up to him how to further allocate the share, if any, to his own party, the PKR. That will then be his own internal matter.

Guan Eng has made the first right move and by making Anwar an accomplice, he can bring Anwar down anytime in future, if required.

Guan Eng is playing a very dangerous game by trying to snare Anwar Ibrahim, who is the Master of Corruption himself. But then the Guan Eng that we have today has evolved to be super arrogant and always so confident of his own genius that he thinks he is always right.

If there are seniors in the party who can still speak to him and advise him, please do so immediately before he destroys himself and the DAP by embarking onto this road of corruption, dirty money and destruction…

Read the next article in the DAP Insider and find out who is Davy?

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Who is Davy?

We continue our expose about the massive corruption in Penang – DAP is now very corrupt. All the very preaching and pontificating by Lim Kit Siang has come to nought now that Guan Eng decides to take this giant leap for himself and for the party.

Guan Eng is a very filial son as he was brought up by a strict father and disciplinarian Lim Kit Siang. There was very little laughter in the home when Guan Eng was small. Most of his childhood experiences were bitter and sad and his early adult life was even sadder and bitter as he was imprisoned and also held under ISA once. All these has bred a bitterness in Guan Eng’s heart that will never go away.

Even though he became a Christian, he cannot let go of the bitterness in his heart and he never learnt to forgive. This is a grudge he held against UMNO and he will forever be on a warpath with UMNO and on a vendetta to wreak vengeance, and Guan Eng learned that the best way is to accumulate power via riches and then use the wealthy resources to complete and take revenge against UMNO for all the perceived wrongs they did to him.

Hence, on December 16, when he concluded the discussions on how divide the shares in corruption, Guan Eng has decided to apportion a 10% stake to his daddy, Kit Siang. He knew that would make his daddy’s day – he is a good son – the best son in the family and he gives his daddy the best.

To those true blue DAP members who are senior enough, please speak to Kit Siang and advise him to admonish his son and stop Guan Eng from embarking onto the slippery slope of corruption.

This is the mission of the DAP Insider as we want to stir up the people of Penang and Malaysia to fight against corruption in the DAP. We must practise what we preach and walk our talk.

Read on more articles coming soon in the DAP insider as we name more names…

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The old Anwar Ibrahim Connection

In Part 2 of our article in this series, “Who is Annie & Party”, we disclosed that “Annie & Party” refers to Anwar Ibrahim and his party, PKR. Lim Guan Eng has seen it fit to give 10% share of the RM8 billion mega project to Anwar in order to keep Anwar on his side.

Many readers have expressed doubt that Anwar is involved in this. But please remember that Anwar comes from Penang and in his hey days as Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, the avenues of corruption by Anwar were very rampant in Penang. This article is to remind readers of the deep ties that Anwar had with many Penang developers way back in the go-go days of 1990s.

3Of course, Anwar will never use his own name. But the names of his brothers were very popular cronies to many top developers in Penang. That was in the 1990s.

Suffice to mention just the names of Anwar’s 2 brothers – Marzuki Ibrahim and Idrus Ibrahim.

Marzuki Ibrahim was roped in to sit on his board of directors by one Goh Choon Lye was then the hotshot developer in Penang who operated under Penas Corporation Berhad. Penas swept almost all the projects in Penang at that time as Anwar Ibrahim held sway. Penas built the Prangin Mall and also the Midlands One Stop Centre in Pulau Tikus.

 But Penas was built on very high gearing with loans form almost every banker in town and Goh Choon Lye led a high-flying life. He had a private jet and when he visits China, long lines of women lined the streets to greet him and often offered to entertain his throughout his stay there. He ended up having numerous mistresses and he courted and wooed and enticed other people’s wives as well so much so that he was nicknamed “MPPP – Garbage Truck”. Later, he eventually divorced his own wife and his own downfall began. It was all about Money, Sex and Power and the eventual fall of the Goh Choon Lye empire…

Choon Lye had a private yacht too which was frequently used for Anwar Ibrahim’s leisure each time Anwar visited Penang and also to ferry Anwar to private beaches in Langkawi and one of Anwar’s favourite playground in Phuket which provided him with a huge supply of young nubile boys who can satisfy the deepest perverted sexual fantasies of Anwar Ibrahim. The yacht was also used ferry jet skis for Anwar – his favourite sports then – Anwar loves jet skiing in Penang off the secluded waters in Monkey Beach, Muka Head and Telok Bahang.

When Anwar was arrested and removed as Deputy Prime Minister in 1999, the house of cards that Penas built came crashing to the ground. Along with it went Goh Choon Lye who was declared a bankrupt and also Marzuki Ibrahim. Goh Choon Lye is also infamous for cutting cost on materials as well as swindling residents’ sinking fund. Most of Penas’ properties do not appreciate in price. In fact, most are tagged below launch price.

One of the most important project undertaken by Penas was the Midlands One Stop Centre in Pulau Tikus which also house the adjoining Berjaya Georgetown Hotel . And who has an interest in this hotel? None other than Tan Sri Tan Kok Ping who was very friendly with Goh Choon Lye then as he wanted to get close to Marzuki Ibrahim and in turn get to know Anwar Ibrahim. That is why Kok Pin decided to work with Goh Choon Lye to build Berjaya next to Midland One Stop Centre.

Till today, the relationship between Kok Ping and Choon Lye is still there but of course, now Choon Lye is nothing than just a runner and trouble shooter for Kok Ping as he is now financially in the doldrums. Choon Lye will do the dirty jobs and money laundering for Kok Ping today and handle the triad gang. But ironically Kok Pin got what he wanted – he now knows Anwar Ibrahim very well because of his relationship with Lim Guan Eng but alas the Anwar of today is a mere Opposition Leader and not the Deputy Prime Minister any more. 

But of course, Anwar tells Kok Ping that he will become the next Prime Minister and so he can continue to rely on him. The connections are deep and they go far back and Lim Guan Eng has just stepped into this den of thieves.

These are exactly the kind of people that Guan Eng has surrounded himself with – dangerous people who can destroy him and the DAP and that is why faithful and principled party members must warn him to stay away for such bad company. They are simply bad news and bad luck will always follow them.

Guan Eng’s Penang Triple Crown Project will be the his downfall some day in the future – it is only a matter of time before the MACC investigates him and Guan Eng better pray that there are no paper trail that leads to him…or else…

We have done our part – now it is up to the ordinary members to tell Guan Eng. Don’t say we didn’t warn him and you people…

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We mentioned about the other brother of Anwar Ibrahim in our previous article in Part 4. His name is Idrus Ibrahim and he is the eldest brother of Anwar. He was once the Headmaster of a primary school in Bukit Mertajam and when Anwar Ibrahim was the Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Idrus was courted by another top developer in Penang by the name of Sonny Ho who heads the Belleview Group. Idrus was made Chairman of the company and Sonny benefited by getting lots of projects in Penang.

Of course, Sonny built better quality houses and property than Goh Choon Lye and was definitely a smarter chap.

Idurs Ibrahim had is good for a while but soon Anwar Ibrahim fell from power and was imprisoned and that also forced Sonny Ho to remove Idrus as Chairman of Belleview.

Idrus was also a simpleton who trusted the businessmen who flocked to him to make him their partners and ultimately the guarantor of many of their business loans as he sits on their boards. When these businesses failed, the banks recalled the loans and often the secured properties were not sufficient to pay off the outstanding loans and so the banks had to sue the guarantors for recovery. Idrus was sued left right and centre and he was eventually made a bankrupt. 

 Belleview Group also built the three storey terrace houses called Slim Villas in Jalan Slim in Penang. Slim Villas in Jalan Slim is merely a 10-minutes’ drive from Jalan Pinhorn where Lim Guan Eng is staying in a rented bungalow belonging to Tan Kok Ping’s family member. Tan Kok Ping has gotten very close to Lim Guan Eng who is the Chief Minister of Penang. Tan Kok Ping knew about the affair between Lim Guan Eng and Ng Phaik Kheng aka Rainbow and how Guan Eng’s wife, Betty came to know about it via a whistle blower and forced Lim Guan Eng to put a stop to the affair. Guan Eng of course denied the affair but Betty has a pretty good aim and with her on-target flying ash tray that landed right on Guan Eng’s forehead soon woke Guan Eng to his senses and he was forced to sack Rainbow and kick her out of his KOMTAR office.

The sneaky Tan Kok Ping wanted to tie Guan Eng in his fingers and keep the affair going and so Kok Ping spoke to Sonny Ho to allow Rainbow to purchase a unit of the Slim Villas at developer’s price of RM700,000. Who actually paid the RM700,000 – no one knows? Maybe it was Guan Eng or maybe even Kok Ping himself as surely Rainbow could not afford such a house on her meagre salary and more so after losing her job at the CM’s office.

It was a perfect arrangement for the love-birds to continue their tale of forbidden love as they now live only 10-minutes apart. A classic case of so near yet so far but indeed forbidden fruit tastes sweeter.

Well, today Anwar is back into the corporate scene in Penang via the courtesy of Guan Eng for the mega project. History kind of repeats itself here.

But Guan Eng is certainly caught in this tangled web of deceit – not only cheating his wife but in fact he is cheating the people of Penang as he bull-dozes this Tunnel Mega Project through in order to grease his cronies and enrich himself with dirty money.

Back to the story of Sonny Ho – his latest project in Penang is the controversial Moulmein Rise which is a 27-storey iconic structure located in Pulau Tikus, Penang.  It comprises shop offices at level 1 & 2 and lifestyle suites from level 5 to 27. Traders and residents living near the Pulau Tikus market are very angry with the Penang State Government and they are fuming over this 27-storey commercial project in Lengkok Moulmein.

The closure of a car park located on the project site is said to be disrupting their daily lives along Jalan Pasar and the Jalan Moulmein area. A protest, led by Penang Citizens’ Awareness (Chant Group) member Yan Lee, was held recently where he complained that  the people there were affected by the construction of the project called “Moulmein Rise” as there was now limited car park space for the market goers. Traders have complained that their business had dropped almost 50% on some days since the open space car park was closed last month for the construction and residents had not received any feedback.

Another resident, CK Tan, claimed that “my right to object was taken away from me”. “Then they rubbed salt into the wound and let the developer build (a construction) even higher than the plan that was rejected,” he was quoted as saying and indeed he has been described as probably the angriest-looking man at the protest.

But all this is to no avail as CM Lim Guan Eng refuses to listen to the people affected by this project which has caused hardship to them. Is it because Guan Eng owes Sonny Ho a debt as he sold the Slim Villa cheap to Rainbow and kept discreet about it?

And so Guan Eng allows the developer Sonny Ho to build this monstrous high rise.

Guan Eng is fast gaining a reputation as Penang’s top land broker because of his unusually close relationship with the developers in Penang as it appears to be his favourite modus operandi to squeeze and skim monies form them and from the state’s most asset.

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Who is Leslie & Company?

Many readers have been writing in to ask about the continuation of the expose on the Mega Tunnel project in Penang and so it is time for us to return to the PowerPoint files which we have exposed recently.

Remember this Powerpoint slide that is in one of Guan Eng’s most highly guarded pen drive?

So who is Leslie & Company? They have a 5% stake in the RM8 billion project and they are one of Lim Guan Eng’s favourite developers in Penang.

The first component of Leslie & Company is none other than Ivory Properties Low Eng Hock. Remember the man with the karaoke girls on his payroll to entertain government figures and politicians.

Low Eng Hock has a Datukship and through his honey trap of karaoke girls who double up as PRO, social escorts and prostitutes, he has a thick dossier on many DAP leaders and State EXCO members in Penang. Lim Guan Eng, Phee Boon Hock, Lim Hock Seng, Ng Wei Aik, Jeff Ooi and many others are all in that dossier.

Low knows which politician has screwed which karaoke girl on his payroll – who has kept the girls as their mistresses and who has just a simple fling – hoping to forget that occasional lapses of virtue ….but never forgotten by Low. Some of them, he has got videos and photos – all incriminating and useful and handy one day…

This is Low’s weapon of mass destruction against the DAP State government and he will use them to blackmail and keep the politicians in rein and ensure his continued prosperity. That is why Low has got the Bayan Bay property cheap and made him millions if not billions for Ivory as well as his own personal pockets – some of which of course went to Lim Guan Eng’s secret bank accounts in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Guan Eng has chosen the wrong partner to trust and this devil Low Eng Hock will surely haunt Guan Eng in the not too far away future when they fall out.

Meanwhile, of course, Guan Eng had to explain to the people of Penang to justify the tunnel project and the massive infrastructure project even though renowned town planners have already criticised the projects as not beneficial and utterly flawed.

But Guan Eng in his typical tokong arrogance style has dismissed such objections by the people of Penang as petty and stupid ranting which he will pretend to hear and engage but will actually ignore anyway since his mind is already made up and the “wealth creation and distribution scheme” already in place.

Guan Eng has justified it by rationalising that in any event, since the BN government is so corrupt, therefore it is not wrong for him to be corrupt as well. After all, we need the money to fight the BN and corruption is the only way – how else can we raise millions and billions to fight an election and win the seats for DAP?

Who’s gonna pay for all those DAP banners, flags, posters, UBAH toys, the UBAH lorries and buses, allowances for campaign workers, the food and subsistence and the travelling expenses in going round the country?

Election is always an expensive affair and we need to do this.

So who cares about corruption anyway?

Coming up next: The second component of Leslie & Company.

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Leslie & Company – the second component – The Red Rock connection

Lim Guan Eng first became the de facto Chief Minister of Penang on the night of March 8, 2008 when the DAP gathered in a hotel room in the Red Rock Hotel in Jalan Macalister, Penang to discuss what to do now that they have won the majority of the ADUN seats in Penang.

Red Rock Hotel was DAP’s operational headquarters and where the DAP war room was situated in GE12 in 2008.

It was in Red Rock Hotel that Lim Guan Eng “nominated” himself as the new Chief Minister of Penang and poor Chow Kon Yeow, the most senior Penang DAP leader was blindsided and caught unprepared for that shock and awe moment so much so that he could not voice any objection to Lim Guan Eng’s self-nomination and along with it the Chow was robbed of his Chief Ministership in Penang.

The owners of Red Rock Hotel are a couple of gangsters who have decided to go “legit” – be involved in business so as to gain respectability. And what kind of business do gangsters pick when they wanna go “legit’?

The construction business of course – Tan Sri Tan Kok Ping had his own construction company. So has his eternal gang rival – Tan Sri Lim Gaik Tong with his Farlim Construction. Goh Choon Lye had Penas Construction. Heck, even that criminal who changed his name to Dato’ Loh Gan has his own construction company. So of course, there was born the company called Red Rock Construction Sdn Bhd in Penang owned and headed by Penang’s very own yakuza gang – Loh Lam Peng and Loh Nam Seng. They are from the “Hung Mun Triad Society” – “Hung Mun” means “Red Door” in Chinese , all taking their influence from the fallen Ming Emperor.

They have done well and they have even established the Red Rock Group of Companies – many companies of diversified businesses – drugs, smuggling, gambling, bookies, extortion, black mailing, prostitution, vices, loan sharking, money laundering and now property development. Their hotel is actually situated at the junction of Jalan Macalister and Abu Sittee Lane where old timers would remember is the gangster haunt and territory in Penang and was even known in Hokkien as “Sam Seng Hung”. These guys Loh Lam Peng and Loh Nam Seng who own the Red Rock Hotel also runs the huge disco and entertainment centre in Abu Sittee Lane where the music pulsates from late night into morning hours.

They are also the top supplier of Ecstasy and Ketamine pills or also known as Happy 5 pills for those who want to “feng tau” and booze themselves crazy.

Then there are the girls and PROs and prostitutes that will conveniently snag their clients and adjourn to the nearby Red Rock Hotel for a “one shot” or overnight service. In the Red Rock Hotel, there are certain rooms available for “hourly” stay which comes in useful for such vice activities.

These guys are now building their own condominium project in Penang – in respectable Logan Road, land and approval, courtesy of Lim Guan Eng, of course they are one of the original funders of the DAP in Penang and especially in 2008 in their successful assault and so now, it is payback time for them.

So certainly the payback this time will even be bigger with their involvement together with Low Eng Hock of Ivory Property to undertak the massive construction contracts in the mega-infrastructure and undersea tunnel project worth RM 8 billion.

No wonder, Lim Guan Eng is saying it is raining money in Penang – yes, it is indeed, for the Red Rock Group.

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13th MALAYSIAN GENERAL ELECTION

1955 - New chapter for Malaya

A three-party coalition called the Alliance - comprising the United Malay National Organisation (Umno), the Malayan Chinese Association (MCA) and the Malayan Indian Congress (MIC) - swept 51 of 52 parliamentary seats in the country's first elections.

This elections cemented the coalition, who agreed for Umno president Tunku Abdul Rahman to be appointed Chief Minister of Malaya. Tunku would lead the Alliance to victory in the next three general elections.

The 1955 elections marked the move towards Independence. The British relinquished their power and, in 1957, the Federation of Malaya gained complete independence from Britain.

The elections saw the rejection of opposition parties such as Party Negara led by former Umno president Datuk Onn Jaafar, the socialist-based Labour Party, People's Progressive Party and other minor groups.

 1959 – Birth of an elected nation

This general election was the first to be held under the supervision of the Election Commission formed in 1958.

Tunku Abdul Rahman wanted to concentrate on the federal and state elections and so relinquished his post as Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak Hussein was sworn in to replace him.

Tunku resumed as premier with Razak returning to his deputy's post after the Alliance won 74 out of the 104 parliamentary seats contested by a total of 259 candidates, including 29 Independents.

1964 - Nation reborn as Malaysia

The polls saw MCA playing a vital role in placating the Chinese with regard to Malay special rights and fear of a merger with Indonesia, resulting in the party being viewed as the voice of the nation's Chinese community.

The previous year, Tunku had convinced Singapore, Sabah, and Sarawak to join Malaya in the federal union known as Malaysia. Singapore would leave the federation in 1965.

This period also saw the creation of two political parties - the Democratic Action Party (DAP) on March 18, 1966, and Gerakan on March 24, 1968.

It was during this elections that Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was elected as Member of Parliament for Kubang Pasu.

1969 - Tension and friction

This election remains the single most marred election in Malaysia's history. It saw the darkest hour of the nation, when riots broke out after the Alliance was pronounced the victor without a two-thirds majority. The Government declared a state of emergency, suspending the Constitution and Parliament until February 1971. The National Operations Council (NOC) and a caretaker Cabinet then governed the nation.

The polls saw Dr Mahathir losing his parliamentary seat and expelled from the party for having attacked Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman in an open letter for allegedly neglecting the indigenous Malay community.

Penang fell to then-opposition party Gerakan, which won 16 out of the 24 state assembly seats. Later on, the Alliance and Gerakan formed a coalition government in Penang.

After the May 13 riots, the political leaders tried to build national unity.

They amended the Constitution to forbid discussion, even in Parliament, of certain "sensitive issues", including the special position of the Malays, Borneo's ethnic groups, and the powers of the Malay Sultans.

Determined to improve the economic condition of the Malays, the leaders also launched a 20-year plan called the New Economic Policy. It was meant to achieve better wealth balance among the races.

In September 1970, Tunku Abdul Rahman stepped down and Tun Abdul Razak succeeded him.

 1974 - Time of youthful change

Under Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak, national-level experiments on social and economic re-engineering were carried out to address existing imbalances.

To minimise racial politics, the Government created a multi-party alliance called Barisan Nasional using a weighing scale symbol instead of the Alliance's sailboat.

BN was then made up of Umno, MCA, MIC, PAS, PPP, Gerakan, Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP), Parti Pesaka Bumiputera, and the Sabah Alliance Party.

Only DAP and Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia (PSRM) refused to join the coalition.

After a landslide victory, Razak announced the first Barisan cabinet of 21 members.

Dr Mahathir, who had been in the political wilderness after expulsion from Umno, was invited back into the party, re-elected to Parliament and appointed Education Minister.

In 1976, 22-year-old Najib Tun Razak became the youngest candidate to win the Pekan, Pahang, parliamentary seat. He was uncontested in the by-election held following his father's death.

Tun Hussein Onn became the nation's third prime minister.

1978 – The Hussein Onn era

BN won once again. However, PAS was wiped out in Kelantan during the elections and later expelled from Barisan. BN would rule Kelantan until 1990.

On July 15, 1981, Hussein chaired his last cabinet meeting. The next day Dr Mahathir was sworn in as Malaysia's fourth prime minister. He announced his new cabinet two days later, naming Tun Musa Hitam as his deputy.

 

 1982 – Dr Mahathir in the saddle

When Dr Mahathir Mohamad took over as Prime Minister, he advocated the Look East Policy for Malaysia to beef up work ethics and achieve economic success.

The elections was held before the nation faced the brunt of the global economic downturn that affected Malaysia.

Dr Mahathir also sought to stamp his mark by replacing veterans with a younger set of Umno leaders.

Among those brought in was Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim who joined Umno prior to the elections and won the Permatang Pauh parliamentary seat under Barisan Nasional.

Dr Mahathir who defeated PAS' Yusof Rawa Abdullah for the Kubang Pasu parliamentary seat led Barisan to a resounding victory in the general election.

During this parliamentary term, he also pushed for Malaysia's first car, Proton, and pursued the policy of privatising government enterprises.

 1986 – Dr M tightens grip

Despite the resignation of Musa Hitam as deputy prime minister and Home Minister, Dr Mahathir Mohamad steered BN to a resounding victory.

Dr Mahathir replaced Musa with Tun Ghafar Baba as deputy while Musa was persuaded to stay on as Umno deputy president.

In the Umno elections, Dr Mahathir defeated Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah for the presidency while Ghafar Baba beat Musa to be deputy.

This led to a party crisis, with Razaleigh and Datuk Seri Rais Yatim resigning from the Mahathir Cabinet.

In February 1988, the Kuala Lumpur High Court ruled that Umno was illegal following a suit by 11 Umno members aligned to Razaleigh.

Dr Mahathir then founded Umno Baru that was quickly accepted into the Barisan fold.

A year later, Tengku Razaleigh founded a breakaway party called Parti Melayu Semangat 46, with Rais as his deputy.

1990 – Dramatic liaisons

The seventh general election saw the Opposition coming close to denying BN a two-thirds majority by winning 53 seats, and their best performance since 1969.

Umno splinter group Semangat 46 presented a challenge to BN by forming electoral alliances among opposition parties.

Semangat 46 teamed up with PAS, Barisan Jemaah Islamiah Se-Malaysia (Berjasa) and Parti Hizbul Muslimin Malaysia to form Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah (APU). Semangat 46 also teamed up with DAP to form Gagasan Rakyat.

A week before the elections, Parti Bersatu Sabah pulled out of BN and joined Gagasan Rakyat.

Dr Mahathir described it as "a stab in the back" because the decision was made at almost the eleventh hour after nominations, damaging BN's chances in the elections.

He ordered Umno to make an entry into Sabah, and this decision changed the politics of Sabah, with Usno dissolved to make way for Umno.

Although PBS eventually contributed 14 parliamentary seats from Sabah to Gagasan Rakyat, the loose coalition failed to make an impact in the peninsula.

With a Barisan victory in hand, Dr Mahathir saw no opposition to his position in Umno.

In 1992, Ghafar resigned as deputy prime minister and Anwar, who had won the Umno deputy presidency, took over from Ghafar.

 1995 – A record mandate and Reformasi

This general election was an excellent year for Barisan Nasional, which won 162 of the 192 seats.

The economic boom, an average 8% growth per annum, record investment levels and full employment boosted BN's fortunes.

Dr Mahathir announced a new goal called Vision 2020, intending to make Malaysia a fully-developed nation with a high standard of living by 2020.

The goal suffered a setback, however, when an economic crisis hit South-East Asia in 1997. By 1998, the growth of Malaysia's economy had slowed but the country took measures to put its economy back on track.

After weeks of rumours of a split between Dr Mahathir and his deputy over the handling of the financial crisis, Anwar was sacked on Sept 2, 1998.

Besides being detained under the Internal Security Act, Anwar was also charged in court with sodomy and corruption.

This episode led to the formation of Parti Keadilan Nasional by Anwar's wife, Datuk Seri Dr. Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.

March 21, 2004 – Abdullah's wind of change

Abdullah Badawi marched the nation to the polls barely four months after taking over from Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

The new leadership's message of change with greater civil liberties drew support, giving Barisan a record win and the largest majority since 1978.

While highlighting Barisan's past record of providing stability, Abdullah effectively appealed to voters by promising to correct weaknesses to make its record even better.

Barisan regained Terengganu, which it lost to PAS in 1999. In Kelantan, PAS only had a two-seat majority (which was reduced to one after a subsequent by-election). PAS' presence in Kedah was drastically reduced.

DAP lost Kota Melaka, its bastion in Malacca. Allegations of infighting made the rounds. There was some consolation for the party though as their top leaders Lim Kit Siang and Karpal Singh managed to get back into Parliament.

Keadilan had merged with PRM prior to the elections, and formed Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR). However,  PKR was almost decimated in the elections. Dr Wan Azizah managed to retain Permatang Pauh in Penang for the party's sole parliamentary seat.

2008 - BN loses its two-thirds majority

Seeking a fresh mandate 15 months before the end of his five-year term, Abdullah took a gamble that cost him his job.

The states of Selangor, Penang, Kedah, and Perak also slipped out of BN's hands, and it failed to wrest Kelantan from PAS. However, Perak returned to Barisan following the defection of several Pakatan Rakyat assembly members in 2009.

2008 saw the only elections besides the one in 1969 where Barisan Nasional lost its two-thirds majority in Parliament.

Abdullah subsequently stepped down and handed over the premiership to Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak on April 3, 2009.

ORIGINAL POSTING ~ THE STAR

Chua should resign over his unsavvy comments

January 2, 2013
FMT LETTER: From Stephen Ng, via e-mail







MCA president, Chua Soi Lek, is a man lacking in credibility as a leader, and should not have been elected in the first place to lead the Chinese party in Malaysia. He recently blamed pro-Umno bloggers for publishing remarks he made against former president Ong Tee Keat.

Instead of blaming it on others, he should reflect on his own character to see if he is suitable to lead the BN component party. If he did not mean what he said, he should not have said it during the meeting with pro-Umno bloggers.

As a supposedly political savvy man, he should realise who he was speaking to, unless he is telling us that he is so “green” in handling the bloggers. In short, there is a saying, “No point crying over spilt milk.”

Like journalists, these are no ordinary people who would take such admonishments, as “Please do not publish my remarks”. If there is a scoop, they would not hesitate to use it; otherwise, who would read a dry piece of interview article?

As a public person, Chua should realise that his own reputation as a leader and president of MCA is important. Whatever he said about Ong Tee Keat in private will be published publicly, and this would of course attract the former MCA president to react. This is the Law of the Universe: Action and Reaction. I am sure Chua knows this, doesn’t he?

As an observer, I would like to suggest to Chua to withdraw himself as the president of MCA, given that the entire episode of his extramarital affairs had been exposed and this has cost him and the MCA a lot of goodwill.

Although he is now the elected president of the party, I believe the majority of the Chinese community, especially the professionals, would prefer him not to further tarnish the good reputation of the Chinese community in this country, who seek to be good citizens.

Chua should take the cue from former US president, Bill Clinton, and many others, not to return to the public arena after his extra-marital affairs was exposed. To safeguard his own reputation and the sanctity of public offices, till today, Clinton has never sought to campaign for any public office or remained as president of his own party.

Chua should choose the honourable path by resigning as party president, if he wants MCA to be relevant to the Chinese community in this country. I respected his decision to resign all posts when the affairs was first exposed, but then, he should not have made a comeback in a power struggle in MCA.

Although this may be my personal opinion, I believe a number of other people reading this letter would also agree with me, that for too long, the Chinese community in this country has not seen a leader who truly represents their voices.

In fact, what we need is not a political leader based on race, but a prime minister who has proven himself over the years that he has the tenacity to face all sorts of challenges posed to him and his family. It is time now, or never.

Truly, if MCA lost badly in the next general election, Chua has no one to blame but himself for taking on the helm of the party when there could be others more credible than him to take over leadership of MCA. It should keep to its vows not to field its candidates in the cabinet, because the party has already lost grounds with the Chinese in this country.

As we are moving forward in our way of thinking, the party is too entrenched with its New Village mentality. Unless MCA is prepared for the change, it would become archaic, and irrelevant to an increasingly politically-aware nation.

The former Health minister can still gripe over being served coffee in a polystyrene cup after an official event he attended during his early months as Minister of Health, but if he continues to lead the MCA today, I have my reservations about the future of MCA in this country.

ORIGINAL POST : FreeMalaysiaToday

Jayakan Transformasi Najib, kata Tee Keat

Mychannel13.com

April 01 2012 06:46 AM

KUALA LUMPUR : Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak harus memastikan siri program transformasi yang diperkenalkan oleh beliau benar- benar didokong bukan sahaja oleh rakyat tetapi juga oleh jemaah menteri dan jentera Barisan Nasional demi memacu negara ke depan,  kata bekas Presiden MCA, Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat.
Mantan Menteri Pengangkutan itu menegaskan penerimaan akar umbi dan pimpinan tertinggi kerajaan penting untuk memastikan segala pembaharuan yang mahu dilaksanakan oleh Najib berjaya dan tidak disabotaj sehingga menjejaskan peluang BN pada Pilihan Raya Umum (PRU) akan datang.

"Kita tak mahu orang hanya bersungguh- sungguh di depan Najib, tapi dibelakang mereka tidak melaksanakan misi perubahan. Saya pernah mengalami situasi ini. (Adalah) lebih teruk (jika) disabotaj oleh orang sendiri," katanya.

Tee Keat menerajui MCA, parti komponen kedua terbesar dalam BN ketika parti itu berdepan dengan krisis kepimpinan membabitkan Datuk Chua Soi Lek.

Belum cukup setahun memegang jawatan itu, Ong terpaksa berundur apabila tewas tipis dalam undi tidak percaya yang dibentangkan pada Mesyuarat Agung Luar Biasa (EGM), MCA pada Oktober 2009. Beliau terpaksa memberi laluan kepada Chua.   

Tee Keat yang dikenali sebagai pemimpin tegas dan bersih,  berkata siri pembaharuan yang mulakan oleh Najib terpaksa mengharungi pelbagai kekangan dan bantahan, khususnya daripada seteru politik yang menangguk di air keruh.

Apa pun,  Najib harus mengelak berulangnya situasi yang menyaksikan Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi tidak mendapat sokongan jentera pentadbiran sehingga BN hilang majoriti dua pertiga di Parlimen pada pilihanraya umum 2008.

Selain itu, pembangkang turut menawan Selangor, Pulau Pinang, Kedah dan Perak selain mengekalkan Kelantan. Perak bagaimanapun kembali ke tangan BN apabila tiga Adun pembangkang meninggalkan pakatan itu.

"Pada zaman Pak Lah, BN pernah menang besar pada 2004 dan kemenangan itu yang terbesar dalam sejarah politik negara. Tapi malangnya pada tahun berikutnya, apa yang dijanjikan tidak dapat dikotakan disebabkan sebab- sebab tertentu. Jadi bagi saya, perkara itu telah berlaku dan kita patut jadikan ia sebagai ikhtibar," ujarnya dalam temubual eksklusif dengan Mychannel13.com

Mengulas mengenai sokongan kaum Cina terhadap BN yang menurun dengan mendadak pada PRU lalu,  Tee Keat yakin keadaan itu bersifat sementara.

BN mampu meraih semula sokongan itu tetapi harus melipat gandakan usahanya turun padang secara berterusan dan bukannya bermusim, ujar Ong yang masih menjadi Ahli Parlimen Pandan Jaya.

Ong menafikan persepsi kononnya pengundi Cina kini penyokong tegar pembangkang. Beliau merujuk kepada keputusan pilihanranraya pada tahun 1995, 1999 dan 2004 sebagai bukti BN masih mampu memperolehi sokongan masyarakat itu.   

"Kalau 3 penggal berturut-  turut masyarakat Cina bagi mandat pada BN begitu meyakinkan, saya rasa sokongan itu bukan bersifat kadang kala,"
Wacana Sinar Siri 11 - Mengapa Undi Melayu Pecah?

Tee Keat berkata sokongan pengundi Cina kepada pembangkang pada pilihanraya 2008 berpunca daripada kegagalan BN mengotakan janji-janji oleh kepimpinan lalu.

"Apa yang kita harapkan sangat (tidak kira apa kaum), bila berjanji kita harapkan ia ditepati. Jika tidak kita akan kecewa. Bila ada dakyah- dakyah dari parti lain yang meresap masuk, apa yang akan terjadi ?" jelas Ong.

Ong berkata kaum Cina beralih kepada pembangkang pada 2008 semata- mata kerana mahu melihat sistem pentadbiran, politik dan segala- galanya atas landasan yang betul.  

Beliau yakin Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak mampu meraih semula sokongan itu jika semua segmen dalam kerajaan dan Barisan Nasional memberikan sokongan padu kepada program-program transformasi yang dibawa oleh beliau.

 

Pearls of WISDOM

Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah (8th Feb 1903 – 6th Dec 1990)

The first Prime Minister of MALAYSIA
In office 31 August 1957 – 22 September 1970

Known as Bapa Kemerdekaan (Father of Independence) or Bapa Malaysia (Father of Malaysia).

"Negeri kita ini unik. Tidak ada 'isme' yang boleh diimport dari luar negeri. Kita kenalah tadbirkan negeri ini secara sendiri."

Our state is unique. There is no "ism" that can be imported from abroad. We'll have a self-administered state.


"Jika kita cuba hendak tiru mana-mana 'isme' dari negeri luar, maka sudah tentu tidak dapat diterima rakyat negeri ini."

if we try to imitate any other "ism" of foreign states, but there can not be accepted by the people of this state
"Semangat Kebangsaan hendaklah dijadikan baja bagi menyuburkan kemerdekaan yang kita capai."

National spirit should be the fertilizer for nourishing independence we have achieved

"...merdeka itu bukanlah suatu bendayang mudah boleh didapat, melainkan ialah dikehendaki untuk mendapatkannya itu iaitu pengorbanan yang sebenar pengorbanan."

independence is not an easy thing to achieve, but is required to get the real sacrifice of sacrifice

"Dengan kerananya kitaterpaksa mengorbankan, bukan sahaja wang ringgit dan usaha tenaga bahkan jiwa kita sendiri juga..."

With the benefit we had to sacrifice, not only money and effort even our own lives as well

Tun Abdul Razak bin Hussein Al-Haj (11th Mar 1922 - 14th Jan 1976)

The second Prime Minister of MALAYSIA
In office 22nd Sept 1970 – 14th Jan 1976

Tun Razak was the Prime Minister responsible in setting up Barisan Nasional.He is also renowned for launching the Malaysian New Economic Policy (MNEP).

"...Hari Merdeka ialah hari Kebangsaan kita. Marilah kita membanggakan negara kita dan sentiasa berjaga-jaga supaya tidak dipengaruhi oleh fahaman Kebangsaan yang sempit. Jika fahaman Kebangsaan yang sempit itu dibiarkan hidup dengan perasaan yang meluap-luap maka sifat bertolak ansur dan tali persahabatan kita dengan negeri- negeri lain yang bebas akan terkecewa. Dengan yang demikian maka terganggulah keamanan dan ketenteraman dunia...."

.....Independence Day is our National. Let us be proud of our country and vigilant so that is not influenced by narrow national. If a narrow national ideology were left alive, feeling so expansive and tolerant nature of our ties with other states that are free to be frustrated. Thus it disturbed the peace and tranquility of the world ....

"Kita juga telah berjaya memberikan satu keperibadian yang sama kepada negara dengan menjadikan bahasa Malaysia sebagai bahasa kebangsaan dan bahasa rasmi yang tunggal di negara ini dan usaha-usaha masih lagi dicari bagi menjadikan bahasa itu sebagai bahasa kebangsaan dengan erti kata yang sebenarnya."

We have also provided a similar character to the country by making the Malay language as the national and sole official language of the country and efforts are still looking to make the language as the national language with a real sense.

"Kita hendaklah mempunyai keyakinan kepada sains dan teknologi moden tanpa membelakangkan kewajipan- kewajipan kita sebagai manusia yang beriman."

We must have confidence in modern science and technology without having to give our obligations as a man of faith.
 

Tun Hussein bin Dato' Onn (12th Feb 1922—29th May 1990)

The third Prime Minister of MALAYSIA
In office 15th Jan 1976 – 16th July 1981

He was granted the soubriquet Bapa Perpaduan (Father of Unity)

"Seseorang pemimpin mestilah jujur. Kejujuran yang saya maksudkan, bukan sahaja dari segi sokongan yang diberikan kepada perjuangan parti, tetapi juga dalam pemikiran, pertimbangan dan tindakan.."

A leader must be honest. Honesty is what I mean, not only in terms of the support for the struggle, but also in thought, consideration and action ..

"Tanpa kejujuran yang tulin, seseorang pemimpin akan menggunakan jawatannya sebagai bahan dagangan untuk mencapai kedudukan, mencari pengaruh, nama dan membolot kekayaan. Ia akan menjadikan parti dan perjuangan sebagai topeng untuk memuaskan hawa nafsu. Ia akan mengambil kesempatan daripada sesuatu suasana atau krisis untuk menangguk di air keroh."

Without genuine honesty, a leader would use his position as the merchandise is to achieve, some influence, the name and the place of wealth. It will make the party and the struggle as a mask for self-indulgence. It will take advantage of a crisis situation or to fish in troubled waters

"Di zaman kursus kilat dan massa komunikasi moden, kebanyakan orang ramai, istimewa pemuda pemudi tidak begitu pandai menghiburkan diri sendiri dengan membaca buku. Tambahan lagi, di zaman ini orang sentiasa mencari jalan pendek untuk pandai. Sebenarnya, tamadun manusia di beberapa zaman dan di beberapa benua membuktikan bahawa kita hanya boleh mendapat pengetahuan dengan selalu membaca serta berfikir panjang dalam jangka masa yang lama. Tidak kursus kilat untuk menjadikan seseorang itu waras serta cerdik sekelip mata."

In this age of mass communication courses and modern flash, most of the public, not privileged youths entertaining themselves by reading books. Furthermore, in this era of constantly looking for good short cut. In fact, human civilization in a few days and in some regions to prove that we can only gain knowledge by always reading and thinking in a long time. Crammer not to make a sensible and intelligent flash.

"...Tuan-tuan sekelian, akhirnya sayasuka berpesan dan berharap semoga tuan-tuan dapat menunjukkan semangat keperwiraan dan taat setia yang tidak berbelah bagi pada setiap masa. Tuan-tuan hendaklah sentiasa berwaspada terhadap ancaman-ancaman yang hendak merosakkan ketenteraman dan kedaulatan negara. Di samping itu tuan tuan juga hendaklah sentiasa bersiap sedia untuk mempertahankan negara dan memberi perkhidmatan pada masa-masa kecemasan apabila dikehendaki oleh negara kita..."

Ladies and gentlemen, finally I would like to leave a message and hope that you gentlemen can show the spirit of heroism and unwavering loyalty to at all times. Ladies should always be vigilant against threats to destroy the peace and sovereignty. In addition, masters should stand ready to defend the country and serve in times of emergency when required by the country

Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad (Born 10th July 1925)

The fourth Prime Minister of MALAYSIA
In office 16th July 1981 – 31st Oct 2003

For his efforts to promote the economic development of the country, Mahathir has been granted the soubriquet of Bapa Pemodenan (Father of Modernization)

Rising living standards, together with Dr. Mahathir's showpiece buildings and outspoken defence of Malaysia's interests, contributed to a sense of national identity, pride and confidence that had not existed before. He put Malaysia on the map, and most Malaysians were pleased about it.

Tun Dr Mahathir blog : www.chedet.cc

Chedet is Tun Mahathir's pen name 

"Kejayaan sesuatu negara itu bergantunglah kepada usaha tiap-tiap rakyat. Pengajaran yang kita dapati daripada negara-negara maju menunjukkan iaitu kemakmuran rakyat bergerak serentak dengan daya pengeluaran dan produktiviti mereka."

The success of a country depends on the efforts of every people. Lessons that we got from the advanced countries shows that the prosperity of the people in sync with productivity and productivity.

"Apakah maknanya simpati dan kesedihan kita, jika nikmat yang dirasai di negara sendiri tidak kita hargai."

What does it mean our sympathy and sorrow, if grace were felt in our own country are not appreciated.

"Amanah asas kejayaan dan berpeganglah kepada amanah setiap kali kita membuat sesuatu"

Trust foundation for the success and hold fast to trust every time we make anything

"Sesungguhnya bangsa yang berjaya ialah bangsa yang rajin dan sanggup menghadapi cabaran hidup."

Truly successful people are the people who work hard and willing to face the challenges of life

"Manusia yang lemah sekalipun jika bersatu padu akan dapat menggoncang dunia. Demikianlah kesannya perpaduan."

A weak man, if united will be able to shake the world. Thus the effect of unity

"Jangan diteliti sejarah negara sendiri sahaja. Hendaklah kita kaji sejarah semua tamadun di dunia ini. Apabila terdapat ketamakan, keutamaan kepada kepentingan diri daripada kepentingan ramai dan pandai mencari kesalahan orang lain sahaja dan lain-lain gejala, satu-satu masyarakat itu akan menjadi lemah dan akhirnya hancur, atau ia akan dijajah semula."

Do not studied the history of our own country only. We should study the history of all civilizations in the world. When there is greed, the priority of self-interest of the public interest and can only find fault with other people and other symptoms, a society will be weakened and eventually destroyed, or it will be colonized again

"Sepanjang sejarah manusia, proses ini berlaku. Ianya harus menjadi pelajaran kepada kita. Jangan kita mendewakan perpecahan, sebaliknya hendaklah kita menerapkan perpaduan semoga apa yang telah kita capai tidak akan hancur, bahkan kemajuan yang lebih tinggi dapat dicapai."

Throughout human history, this process occurs. It should be a lesson to us. Do not we eulogize the split, but should we adopt may unity what we have achieved would not be destroyed, even greater progress can be achieved

"Kemerdekaan sahaja tidak bermakna jika selepas merdeka negara tidak mencapai kemajuan. Sebab itulah setelah mencapai kemerdekaan Kerajaan Malaysia yang merdeka telah berusaha membangunkan negara. Usaha ini telah membawa hasil diluar jangkaan."

Independence alone does not mean that if after independence the country does not achieve progress. That is why after gaining independence the Government of Malaysia has been working to develop an independent country. This effort has brought unexpected results.

"Daripada sebuah tanah jajahan yang mundur, Malaysia sekarang muncul sebagai salah satu daripada negara yang termaju antara negara-negara membangun. Kemungkinan Malaysia menjadi lebih maju dan rakyat Malaysia hidup lebih selesa dan bahagia bukan lagi satu perkara yang mustahil."

From a backward colony, Malaysia has emerged as one of the most developed country among the developing countries. The possibility of a more developed Malaysia and Malaysians are more comfortable and happy life is no longer an impossible matter.

"...bukan kecil tugas kita; meneruskan perjuangan kemerdekaan kita; kerana rupanya selain kemerdekaan; mengisi kemerdekaan itu jauh lebih sengsara..."

...our task is not small; continue our struggle for independence; due to his independence as well; of the nation's far more miserable....

"Jelas rakyat dan negara kita amat bertuah. Maruah dan kedaulatan bangsa dan rakyat kita, dapat kita lindungi dan kita pertahankan. Inilah erti sebenar kemerdekaan di Malaysia."

clearly the citizens of our country is very fortunate. Dignity and sovereignty of the nation and our people, we can protect and defend us. This is the true meaning of independence in Malaysia

"Negara kita adalah tanggungjawab kita. Bukanlah kita angkuh dan anggap kita begitu pandai sehingga tidak perlu kepada orang lain. Kita sanggup belajar dari barat dan timur. Tetapi akhirnya yang akan memutus cara mana yang terbaik yang akan diamalkan atau dilaksanakan oleh kita mestilah kita sendiri."

Our country is our responsibility. We are not arrogant and think we are clever and he did not need to others. We are willing to learn from the west and east. But eventually that will decide the best way to be practiced or carried out by us must be our own.

"Keagungan sesuatu bangsa itu ditentukan oleh kepentingan yang diberikan kepada sejarah. Sejarah merupakan suatu khazanah yang amat bernilai."

The greatness of a nation is determined by the importance given to history. History is a valuable treasure.

"Sejarah adalah gedung pengalaman. Bangsa yang agung adalah bangsa yang menempuh sejarah dan yang mahu mempelajari dari sejarah. Sesuatu bangsa yang tidak mempelajari daripada sejarah akan terus melakukan kesalahan berkali-kali yang akan berakhir dengan keruntuhan bangsa itu. Daripada sejarah kita menghargai kehormatan diri kita."

History is a store of experience. Great nation is a nation that through history and who wish to learn from history. A nation that does not learn from history will continue to commit the offense again and again, which will end with the collapse of the nation. From history we value our dignity.

"Dunia moden adalah dunia perlumbaan. Yang malas akan ketinggalan. Cuma yang berusaha akan berjaya."

The modern world is the world race. The lazy will be left behind. But the effort will succeed.

"..Kita boleh mempunyai pendapat yang berbeza dalam politik negara, tetapi apabila kita berhadapan dengan kemungkinan orang lain cuba menjajah kita, kita patut rapatkan barisan, itulah makna patriotisma. Kita rapatkan barisan dan lupakan tentang perselisihan faham antara kita supaya dapat menumpukan kepada segala usaha untuk mempertahankan negara..."

.....We can have differences of opinion in politics, but when we are faced with the possibility of other people trying to invade us, we should close the line, that is the meaning of patriotism. We close ranks and forget about the misunderstanding between us in order to focus on efforts to defend the country......

Dato' Sri Haji Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak (born 23 July 1953)

The sixth Prime Minister of MALAYSIA
Assumed office 3rd April 2009

He is the son of Malaysia's second prime minister, Tun Abdul Razak and the nephew of Malaysia's third prime minister, Tun Hussein Onn.

Najib entered office as Prime Minister with a focus on domestic economic issues and political reform. On his first day as Prime Minister, Najib announced as his first actions the removal of bans on two opposition newspapers, Suara Keadilan and Harakahdaily, run by the opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim-led People's Justice Party and the Pan Islamic Party, respectively, and the release of 13 people held under the Internal Security Act. Among the released detainees were two ethnic Indian activists who were arrested in December 2007 for leading an anti-government campaign, three foreigners and eight suspected Islamic militants. Najib also pledged to conduct a comprehensive review of the much-criticized law which allows for indefinite detention without trial. In the speech, he emphasized his commitment to tackling poverty, restructuring Malaysian society, expanding access to quality education for all, and promoting renewed “passion for public service.” He also deferred and abandoned the digital television transition plan of all free-to-air broadcasters such as Radio Televisyen Malaysia.

1Malaysia is an on-going campaign announced by Prime Minister Najib Razak on 16 September 2008, calling for the cabinet, government agencies, and civil servants to emphasize ethnic harmony, national unity, and efficient governance.The eight values of 1Malaysia as articulated by Najib Razak are perseverance, a culture of excellence, acceptance, loyalty, education, humility, integrity, and meritocracy

On 2 May 2009, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak announced the government’s plan to develop a New Economic Model that will speed Malaysia's transition to a high income country. The plan will emphasise ways to increase the income and productivity of workers by encouraging knowledge industries and increasing investment from overseas.

Di wajah suci anak-anak ini kulihat sinar
Di hati murni mereka terpahat sebuah impian
Andai sengketa membelenggu sesama
Andai kerakusan menguasai kita
Ke manakah tumpah harapan mereka

Kerana,
Di bahu kitalah terpikul segunung amanah
Di jemala kita terjunjung selaut ikrar
Melunas sumpah, menunai janji

Ayuhlah,
Rakan dan taulan, sahabat dan saingan
Lupakan beza lebuhkan menerima
Bertatihlah bersamaku
Kita berjalan seiringan, kita melangkah ke sehaluan
1 suara, 1 impian, 1 harapan, 1 Malaysia

In the face angelic children I see a ray
In their pure hearts etched a dream
Facing each other in case of disputes
If greed dominate our
Where spilled their expectations

because,
It is precisely our backs on the shoulders of the mountain of trust
In our head terjunjung selaut pledge
Cover the oath, its promise

Come,
Friends and elders, friends and rivals
Forget the difference lebuhkan receive
Bertatihlah with me
We walk hand in hand, we look to the line
1 voice, 1 dream, 1 hope, 1 Malaysia

MCA's Great Achievers

MCA ~ Malaysian Chinese Association

Tan Koon Swan:  in 1986, he was sentenced to two years’ jail by the Singapore High Court for criminal breach of trust relating to the collapse of Pan Electric Industries.

Ling Liong Sik: former party president and long-time minister has been charged with cheating and misleading the government in the Port Klang Free Zone scandal.

Chan Kong Choy: former party president and minister charged with several counts of deceiving former PM Abdullah Badawi into approving deals linked to the PKFZ.

Chua Soi Lek: current party president who resigned in 2008 after being featured in a sex VCD with a woman who was not his wife.

Kee Yong Wee: deputy trade minister was jailed for his role in the Komuda, the deposit-taking cooperative, in which the cash deposits of many ordinary Chinese members were found to have been misappropriated to save companies owned by some MCA leaders. The total loss was estimated to be RM3.6 billion.

Wang Choon Wing: deputy minister was jailed in 1987 with criminal breach of trust in a deposit-taking cooperatives scandal.

Will the Guan Eng-Soi Lek debate bring any benefit?

February 15, 2012
FMT LETTER, From Jackson Ng, via e-mail

Based on the feedback from internet news portal readers, I am also as puzzled as most of them – why should DAP secretary-general and Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng accept to debate with Dr Chua Soi Lek, a womaniser who is leading a party that supports immorality?

It is also equally puzzling why Chua would want such a debate when the stakes are stacked against him. When MCA cannot even defend the dignity of the Chinese when publicly insulted by Ibrahim “Perkasa” Ali, do you really expect him to be able to defend the misdeeds and corruption-saddled Barisan Nasional (BN)?

Can he really tick off the misdeeds of Umno for allowing Ibrahim to freely spew seditious garbage against Christians and non-Muslims in a bid to fan emotions and racial hatred?

Up to today, has Chua made any strong statements to tick off Ibrahim and Cowgate Sharizat?

Either Chua has something up his sleeves to make a fool out of Lim or he has gone desperate and cuckoo.

As for Lim, he must remember that he is no more just the secretary-general of DAP. He is the current Penang Chief Minister and he must be a leader of all Malaysians, irrespective of race. So, he must be wary of his position and to maintain the dignity of his position and office. So why engage with this zina?

The only reasons that I can think of, for Lim to agree to debate the wife-cheating Chua is that Chua would be “easy meat” in a debate or perhaps, Lim could not resist the opportunity to be on Astro AEC TV, which is a worst excuse for accepting the debate challenge.

According to some readers’ feedback, the debate will not bring about any benefit to Malaysians.

What will benefit Malaysians and Malaysia is a debate between the Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim. These are currently the two men who can shape the political landscape and future of the country because they are in positions of political power. Not Lim or, worse still, porno Chua.

Interestingly, Lim wrote this: “I wish to stress that I am willing to debate in English or Bahasa Malaysia at another slot similar to my debate in 1991 with Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat where two debates were held, one in Mandarin and the other in English. I have appointed my political secretary and Komtar ADUN YB Ng Weik Aik to finalise debate arrangements and details with MCA as well as DAPSY National Chair Rasah MP YB Anthony Loke to handle the logistics of the debate.”

Interesting because Lim remembers the 1991 debate and had also proposed that Ong be appointed the moderator of the debate.

Of course the MCA and MCA’s Institute of Strategic Analysis and Policy Research (Insap) and Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute (Asli) immediately rejected the proposal, out of fear or what? Isn’t Ong still a MCA member and a BN man?

Imagine the irony of a DAP leader, in this case Lim, having the confidence to propose a former MCA president and a MCA member to be the moderator but not the MCA?

Ong, the current Pandan MP, is an acknowledged orator who is fluent in Bahasa Malaysia, Mandarin and English – perhaps also in that order of strength.

Ong has also accepted many inivitations recently to engage in debates with the DAP, not organised by the DAP but third parties like news organisations.

For the benefit of those who don’t remember what happened in August 1991 at the Selangor and Kuala Lumpur Chinese Assembly Hall, Lim (then the DAP Youth chief) and Ong (then a MCA Youth secretary-general and a central committee member) debated for two consecutive nights for three hours each night, attracting 5,000 people.

Two Federal Reserve Unit platoons were present to control law and order but nothing untoward happened.

And it was Lim who challenged Ong to debate on the topic “Who is the political parasite, MCA or DAP?.

Ong accepted Lim’s challenge without any conditions or choice of moderator or choice of language. Not splitting hairs over restrictions or whatever.

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